Comparing functional state of retina, macula, and optic nerve in preterm children and full-term children at school age by Mai A. Mohammed, Amr M. Elhady

“…Purpose The aim of this study was to compare the retinal, macular, and optic nerve functions, using electrophysiological tests, in preterm children at school age to healthy controls. Patients and methods This is a prospective cross-sectional observational study that was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. …”
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Eye-hand coordination during upper limb motor tasks in individuals with or without a neurodevelopmental disorder: a systematic review by Manel Abid, Manel Abid, Isabelle Poitras, Isabelle Poitras, Martine Gagnon, Catherine Mercier, Catherine Mercier

“…This systematic review aimed to characterize the differences between individuals with and without NDD in spatiotemporal eye-hand coordination when performing upper limb (UL) motor tasks.MethodsThe following databases were systematically searched: CINAHL Plus with Full Texts (EBSCOhost), EMBASE.com, WEB OF SCIENCE core collection, All Ovid MEDLINE(R) and ERGONOMICS ABSTRACTS (EBSCOhost) in December 2022 and re-searched in April 2024. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of an Enhanced and Conventional Monofocal IOL in Patients with Early and Intermediate Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Venter JA, Berry CW, Hannan NC, Raju D, Kiss HJ, Belovari M, Hannan SJ, Cooper DR, Schallhorn JM

“…Outcome measures were monocular and binocular uncorrected distance (UDVA), intermediate (UIVA) and near (UNVA) visual acuity, monocular corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), and refractive outcomes. …”
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Causal role of oxidative stress in age-related macular degeneration: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Li-Yun Yuan, Wang-Ming Su, Liang-Pin Li, Xiao-Feng Tian, Xue-Li Zheng, Xiao-Yong Yuan

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Neurocognitive deficits in clinical polymorphism of schizophrenia: typology, expression and syndromal overlaps by A. N. Kornetov, E. G. Kornetova, A. V. Golenkova, S. M. Kozlova, M. B. Arzhanik, Zh. A. Samoylenko, A. S. Boiko, A. V. Semke

“…The authors tried to identify the typology, severity and overlap of neurocognitive deficits with positive/negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. Materials and methods. Fifty patients aged 22–55 years (25 women (50%) and 25 men (50%)) with schizophrenia diagnosed according to ICD-10 were examined. …”
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Intraoperative OCT-Guided Selective Epiretinal Membrane (ERM) Peeling Versus ERM and Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling for Tractional Macular Edema in Diabetic Eyes by Francesco Pignatelli, Alfredo Niro, Pasquale Viggiano, Giacomo Boscia, Giuseppe Addabbo, Francesco Boscia, Cristiana Iaculli, Ermete Giancipoli

“…Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central macular thickness (CMT) were compared over a 12-month follow-up. …”
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Clinical characteristics of posterior segment penetrating eye injuries treated in tertiary referral hospital in Serbia by Kovačević Igor, Radosavljević Aleksandra, Karadžić Jelena, Stefanović Ivan, Vukadinović Jovana

“…Methods. The retrospective study enrolled medical records of consecutive patients hospitalized in a five year period (2012–2016) in a tertiary referral center in Serbia. …”
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Results of anti-VEGF therapy in patients with uveal melanoma by V.A. Yarovaya, E.O. Malakshinova, V.A. Pismenskaya, R.A. Loginov, A.A. Yarovoi

“…ME is the main reason for the decrease in visual acuity (VA) after RT. By reducing visual acuity, ME reduces the quality of life of such patients. …”
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Glaucoma Clinic Monitoring Over 6 Months Using Online Circular Contrast Perimetry in Comparison with Standard Automatic Perimetry: The Developing-World Setting by Hoang TT, Mai TQ, Pham DT, Nguyen XT, Nguyen DA, Vu DT, Hoang HT, Nkurunziza M, Bigirimana D, Skalicky SE

“…At baseline, OCCP mean deviation (MD) (R2 = 0.804, p < 0.001) and visual index (VI) (R2 = 0.892, p < 0.001) were strongly correlated with SAP MD and visual field index (VFI) respectively. …”
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Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Clinical Findings following Treatment with Antiangiogenic Drugs by Ricardo Casaroli-Marano, Roberto Gallego-Pinazo, Clemencia Torrón Fernández-Blanco, Marta S. Figueroa, Begoña Pina Marín, Gustavo Fernández-Baca Vaca, Antonio Piñero-Bustamante, Juan Donate López, José García-Arumí, Jordi Farrés Martí

“…To survey the management of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nvAMD) in Spain. Methods. An observational retrospective multicenter study was conducted. …”
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TV-SAM: Increasing Zero-Shot Segmentation Performance on Multimodal Medical Images Using GPT-4 Generated Descriptive Prompts Without Human Annotation by Zekun Jiang, Dongjie Cheng, Ziyuan Qin, Jun Gao, Qicheng Lao, Abdullaev Bakhrom Ismoilovich, Urazboev Gayrat, Yuldashov Elyorbek, Bekchanov Habibullo, Defu Tang, Linjing Wei, Kang Li, Le Zhang

“…This study presents a novel multimodal medical image zero-shot segmentation algorithm named the text-visual-prompt segment anything model (TV-SAM) without any manual annotations. …”
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Altered Brain Activity and Functional Connectivity in Unilateral Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Jiawei Chen, Bo Hu, Peng Qin, Wei Gao, Chengcheng Liu, Dingjing Zi, Xuerui Ding, Ying Yu, Guangbin Cui, Lianjun Lu

“…This study is aimed at investigating brain functional changes in SSNHL via functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Methods. Thirty-six patients with SSNHL and thirty well-matched normal hearing individuals underwent resting-state fMRI. …”
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What Chicago community organizations needed to implement COVID-19 interventions: lessons learned in 2021 by David A. Moskowitz, Abigail Silva, Yvette Castañeda, Samuel L. Battalio, Madison L. Hartstein, Anne Marie Murphy, Sithembinkosi Ndebele, Matthew Switalski, Sarah Lomahan, Leilani Lacson, Abigail Plum, Emma Canty, Anna Sandoval, Paris Thomas, Marina De Pablo, Bonnie Spring, Molly Martin

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Refractive status and ocular characteristics of preschool children with retinopathy of prematurity after different treatments by Wu-Yang Jiang, Man-Hong Li, Hao Wang, Dong Niu, Yu-Sheng Wang, Zi-Feng Zhang

“…AIM: To compare the changes in preschool refractive status, ocular biological parameters, and higher-order aberrations in children with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) after retinal laser photocoagulation or anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment and explore their underlying factors. METHODS: This observational study involved 118 eyes of 59 children, aged 3 to 6y, with ROP followed up between March 2023 and October 2024. …”
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Non-immunogenic staphylokinase in patients with massive intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism: protocol of the FORPE-2 multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled... by S. N. Tereshchenko, E. B. Yarovaya, S. G. Leontiev, I. S. Yavelov, R. M. Shakhnovich, A. D. Erlikh, T. M. Uskach, D. V. Duplyakov, V. A. Kutsenko, O. E. Ivlev, A. G. Soplenkova, A. M. Semenov, M. P. Semenov, S. V. Ivanov, S. S. Markin

“…To evaluate the efficacy and safety of single bolus administration of non-immunogenic staphylokinase in comparison with placebo in patients with intermediatehigh risk pulmonary embolism (PE) within the FORPE-2 clinical trial.Material and methods. Non-immunogenic staphylokinase has high thrombolytic activity and fibrin selectivity. …”
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Bearing capacity enhancement of footings using confining inclined micropiles: Experimental and analytical investigation by Husain Abbas, Abdullah Almajed, Esmatullah Kotwal, Yousef Al-Salloum

“…Improving the bearing capacity (BC) of existing footings is usually a challenging task. Most of the methods employed are either cumbersome or are not efficient and effective. …”
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Lived Experience and Family Engagement in Mental Health and Substance use Health Research: Case Profiles of Five Studies by Lisa D. Hawke, Lena Quilty, Branka Agic, Darren B. Courtney, Gray Liddell, Etienne Sibille, Sheila Jennings, Joshua Orson, Holly Harris, Shelby McKee, Cara Sullivan, Sophie Soklaridis, Tarek K. Rajji, Sanjeev Sockalingam

“…Methods This article profiles five research initiatives involving different lived experience engagement structures, situated in a single tertiary care teaching and research hospital. …”
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Low Glycemic Index Carbohydrates versus All Types of Carbohydrates for Treating Diabetes in Pregnancy: A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Glycemic Control by Otilia Perichart-Perera, Margie Balas-Nakash, Ameyalli Rodríguez-Cano, Jennifer Legorreta-Legorreta, Adalberto Parra-Covarrubias, Felipe Vadillo-Ortega

“…Compare the effect of including only low glycemic index (GI) carbohydrates (CHO) against all types of CHO on maternal glycemic control and on the maternal and newborn’s nutritional status of women with type 2 DM and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods. Women (n=107, ≤29 weeks of gestation) were randomly assigned to one of two nutrition intervention groups: moderate energy and CHO restriction (Group 1: all types of CHO, Group 2: low GI foods). …”
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The influence of nitric oxide delivery on the processes of apoptosis, necroptosis and pyroptosis in the renal parenchyma after simulating cardiopulmonary bypass: an experimental st... by M. A. Tyo, N. O. Kamenshchikov, Yu. K. Podoksenov, A. V. Mukhomedzyanov, L. N. Maslov, I. V. Kravchenko, E. A. Churilina, B. N. Kozlov

“…The objective was to study the effect of the delivery of exogenous nitric oxide on the severity of apoptosis, pyroptosis, and necroptosis of the renal parenchyma after simulating cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiopulmonary bypass with circulatory arrest.Materials and Methods. 24 Altai breed rams were randomized into 4 equal groups. …”
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FEATURES OF LOCAL IMMUNITY IN PATIENTS WITH OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER by O. I. Keith, M. N. Tilliashaihov, P. V. Svetitsky, E. Yu. Zlatnik, G. I. Zakora, A. A. Ganiev, G. P. Nistratov

“…This makes it necessary to improve the methods of its diagnosis and treatment. Modern laboratory techniques allow predicting patient’s condition before and during the course of treatment; they were implemented into clinical practice for successful treatment correction. …”
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